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dsMP3, my LW/MW/FM/SW radio with MP3 recording/playback [Part 2 – Firmware Design]

July 19, 2023September 21, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment ch375, ch376, dspic

In my previous post I described how I designed my home-built LW/MW/FM/SW radio which supports MP3 recording/playback using the dsPIC33EP512MC502

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24c64
CodeProject General Programming Hardware Microcontroller 

Emulating EEPROM using flash memory on dsPIC33EP512MC502

January 17, 2023May 9, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment dspic, eeprom, flash, mplab, pickit4, xc16

One thing I don’t like about the dsPICEE3P (and the PIC32MX) lines is that these devices do not have EEPROM

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fsc_futro_s210_thinclient_up_t_1679241853_0985fc93_progressive
General Programming Hardware Networking Vintage Computing Windows Tips 

Fujitsu Siemens FSC Futro S210 thin client

December 27, 2022September 10, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment fujitsu, Futro, ms dos, thin client, windows 3.11, windows 98

I got from eBay a FSC Futro S210 thin client, which can support up to 512MB RAM, 32GB CompactFlash card

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g2b7h
CodeProject General Programming Hardware Software Development Vintage Computing Windows Tips 

Powering off a computer using ACPI from DOS

November 30, 2022April 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment a86, acpi, ms dos

By default, DOS does not come with a command to shut down or power off the computer. Back in the

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ubu10
CodeProject General Programming Microsoft Visual Studio Software Development Windows Tips 

Compiling WinQEMU v0.10.2 using Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio 2012

October 15, 2022September 10, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment c++, dosbox, qemu, winqemu

Earlier this year I managed to get DOSBox-X to boot Ubuntu 9.10, as least as far as dropping into the

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vs4
CodeProject General Programming Microsoft Visual Studio Software Development Windows Tips 

Troubleshooting slow C++ debugging with Visual Studio 2022

September 27, 2022April 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment c++, visual studio

One day I was debugging my C++ application on Visual Studio 2022 when the computer suddenly froze. Upon reboot, IntelliSense

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vs2022
CodeProject General Programming Microsoft Visual Studio Software Development Windows Tips 

Slow conditional breakpoints with C++ in Visual Studio 2022

August 20, 2022April 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment c++, visual studio 2022

Visual Studio 2022 comes with many new fancy features, among which the ability to set temporary breakpoints (e.g. breakpoints which

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pdfcreator
General Programming Software Development Vintage Computing Windows Tips 

Useful software for Windows 98SE (PDF, FTP, text editor, media players, etc.)

June 15, 2022September 10, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment windows 98

With the right software, Windows 98SE can still be a very useful operating system. This post will list some of

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nofloppy
CodeProject General Programming Linux Software Development Windows Tips 

Getting Linux to boot on DOSBox-X

May 30, 2022April 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment dosbox, dosbox-x, ubuntu, virtualbox

I have always wanted to boot a simple Linux distro using DOSBox. What are the challenges you may ask? Well,

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no_menu
General Programming Microsoft Office Software Development Vintage Computing Windows Tips 

Missing menu bar when running Go-oo Office 2.4.1 on Windows 98 with VBEMP

April 16, 2022May 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment microsoft office, open office, vbemp, windows 98

Recently when installing Go-oo Office v2.4.1 on my old laptop that is running Windows 98 with the VBEMP 9x driver

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cword
CodeProject General Programming Microsoft Office Software Development Windows Tips 

Opening Windows Write (.WRI) files on modern versions of Windows with CWordpad

December 15, 2021September 21, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment cwordpad, microsoft word, rich text format, windows write, wordpad

I have an old software that frequently generates reports in Windows Write (.WRI) format. No modern software running on Windows

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vb30
CodeProject General Programming Software Development Vintage Computing Win32 API Windows Tips 

Open 16-bit Windows applications natively on 64-bit Windows using OTVDM/winevdm

September 30, 2021April 5, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment borland C, otvdm, turbo c, widevdm

In my previous post I described how to run 16-bit DOS applications on 64-bit Windows using NTVDMx64. This post will

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snip
General Programming Software Development Vintage Computing 

Emulating dual Hercules+CGA monitors setup with DOSBox

July 30, 2021May 8, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment dosbox, turbo c, turbo pascal

There is an interesting option called “Dual monitor support” located in the Options > Environment > Startup dialog of Turbo

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tcdir
CodeProject General Programming Microsoft Visual Studio Popular Articles Software Development Vintage Computing 

Revisiting Borland Turbo C/C++, a great IDE back in the 90s

June 25, 2021May 9, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment adlib, borland C, commander keen, compiler, disney, freepascal, keendreams, sound blaster, turbo c

I have to admit, I was never a heavy user of Turbo C back in the day. My journey as

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time difference
CodeProject General Programming Hardware Microcontroller Software Development 

Software Real Time Clock (RTC) for the dsPIC33EP512MC502

March 15, 2021April 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment dspic, rtc

Although the dsPIC33EP512MC502 does not have an integrated Real Time Clock (RTC) for time keeping, this can easily be overcome by configuring

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